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... thing I will tell you , that if you do not do something more than you have , you will be lost . That you acknowledge , do you not ? " Then changing the tone of his voice to the key of personal conversation , he would say- " Now there is ...
... thing I will tell you , that if you do not do something more than you have , you will be lost . That you acknowledge , do you not ? " Then changing the tone of his voice to the key of personal conversation , he would say- " Now there is ...
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... thing at Christiana and another thing at Wash- ington - not one thing at Faneuil Hall and another thing at Pittsburgh - not one thing in an anti - slavery meeting to gain confidence , and another thing in November to gain votes -but ...
... thing at Christiana and another thing at Wash- ington - not one thing at Faneuil Hall and another thing at Pittsburgh - not one thing in an anti - slavery meeting to gain confidence , and another thing in November to gain votes -but ...
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... thing seen has double the weight of a thing heard . Every- body knows that a child will recollect what he sees ten times as well as what he hears . You know that in old times ( not to make a laugh of it ) , in Connecticut , they used to ...
... thing seen has double the weight of a thing heard . Every- body knows that a child will recollect what he sees ten times as well as what he hears . You know that in old times ( not to make a laugh of it ) , in Connecticut , they used to ...
Contents
The Revolutionary Tradition | 13 |
A New England Boyhood | 18 |
Harvard Days | 26 |
Copyright | |
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